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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 4.0md

62 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic

· 55 km deep · released about 16 tons of TNT

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Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 4.0 (md)
Depth
55 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Mayagüez Municipio, 28 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3019 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 16 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 480× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 340× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.0 about 16 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 33× more

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 18.0300, -68.1463. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mayagüez Municipio, PR 28 km (17 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Mayagüez Municipio
Rincón Municipio, PR 101 km (63 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Rincón Municipio
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 102 km (63 mi) W of here earthquakes near Cabo Rojo Municipio
Aguada Municipio, PR 109 km (67 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Aguada Municipio
Hormigueros Municipio, PR 110 km (68 mi) W of here earthquakes near Hormigueros Municipio
Añasco Municipio, PR 111 km (69 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Añasco Municipio

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 3.3 39 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  2. 3.2 17 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  3. 2.9 75 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  4. 3.0 59 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  5. 2.8 48 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  6. 3.3 47 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  7. 2.9 73 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  8. 3.4 65 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  9. 3.1 55 km ESE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  10. 2.7 74 km SE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  11. 2.8 34 km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  12. 2.8 58 km W of Puerto Real, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.7 51 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
  14. 2.7 39 km S of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic
  15. 3.0 51 km SE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.3 on 2017-06-22 — it released about 2.9 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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